The call to action for finance professionals
In February 2020, along with 12 other accounting body chief executives and Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), Barry Melancon signed a call-to-action statement in response to climate change. The statement highlights the vital role professional accountants play and should commit to when making sense of sustainability.
Provide sound advice and services as organisations, capital markets and governments develop and implement sustainability mitigation and adaptation plans.
Use and implement existing and developing reporting frameworks such as those from the International Integrated Reporting Council and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
Contribute to the efforts of the organisations they work with to integrate sustainability risk into organizational strategy, finance, operations and communications.
Support sustainable decision-making within the organisations they work for by allocating budgets and resources, and by developing high-quality and timely information and insights through measurement and disclosure, built on robust and transparent accounting systems.12
